Cannot edit assignment in development course: "closed grading period"

[kgrande]

Hi,

I am working on a development course (I made the course rather than it being populated in my account from the school)  to prepare for remote and hybrid instruction this year. I am new to Canvas and I am doing my due diligence to watch videos and train myself on everything, but I CANNOT figure out how to change the points or other settings on the assignments. The notification at the top of the screen says

and I cannot change anything like

I even went to this portion of the setting and there were no dates listed, so I added dates in case a specified window would help. It didn't.

Does anyone have insight into why I cannot do this? I can't plan out my course without actually...you know...planning it out!

Thanks for your help.

Katelin

[kgrande]

I wanted to add that I cannot save assignments either- this red box shows up and disallows me from saving. HELP!

[ashleys]

I am having the same issue too and can't find a solution.

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello @kgrande and @ashleys ...

I wonder if this is something that both of you will need to talk with your school's local Canvas administrator or someone from your school's Online Learning/eLearning department about.  Grading Periods can be set up at at the Canvas account level (something that instructors wouldn't normally have access to), and this might be why you are seeing those messages on your screen.  Here are two administrative Guides I found on the topic:

• How do I view grading periods in an account?
• How do I add grading periods in an account?

I hope this will be of help to you both.  Good luck with your conversations at your schools.